Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy

(asked on 28th March 2017) - View Source
Questioner
Kate Green Portrait
Kate Green
(Labour - Stretford and Urmston)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with epilepsy who were previously in receipt of disability living allowance have undergone a review to assess their eligibility for personal independence payment to date.

Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 5th April 2017

The number of DLA claimants with a primary disabling condition recorded as epilepsy who were previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance and have undergone a Personal Independence Payment Reassessment between 1st October 2013 and 31st October 2016 is 15,000.

The outcomes of these reassessments are shown in the table below.

Re-assessment Outcome

Epilepsy

Award Increased

4,300

Award Unchanged

1,100

Award Decreased

2,300

Disallowed post referral to the AP

6,600

Disallowed pre referral to the AP

700

Withdrawn

100

Total

15,000

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